Hungry Authors

Navigating the publishing industry can be daunting for many new authors (and experienced ones!). This week, we chat with Johnny Chinnici from the Authors Guild to make sure you’re aware of all of the…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the personality typing system called The Enneagram. This week, Liz and Ariel are joined by Enneagram in Marriage coach and counselo…

This week, we interview publishing expert Jane Friedman. We talk about Jane’s recent brush with AI and Amazon and what authors can do to protect themselves from AI scams. We also chat through current…

One of the best and most underrated ways to build your platform and get a book deal is to write articles for major publications – aka get “bylines.” Today we brought on freelance writer and coach Eri…

Cat Baab-Muguira always hated the idea of “building a platform” (don’t we all??), so she resisted it for years, even when preparing to pitch a nonfiction book to publishers. Instead, she took a count…

In the first episode of Season 2, Liz & Ariel take you behind-the-scenes into how they’re co-authoring the Hungry Authors book, the publishing process ahead, and what you can look forward to in the r…

That’s right – Hungry Authors is going to be a book! This week, we’re spilling the tea on how we ourselves secured a traditional publishing deal. We share exactly what happened, step-by-step, with al…

Megan Faulkner is deep in launch mode with her book, Happily Ever After All. And as a first-time author, she is rocking it!! A few weeks before her book published, she surpassed 1000 preorder sales –…

We love chatting with Hungry Authors who are in the middle of it – so today we’re thrilled to have Steph Crowder on the show! Steph is a business coach and trainer whose course “Year on the Wall” has…

We talk a lot about traditional publishing on this podcast, so today we wanted to switch gears and talk about self-publishing with one of our favorite entrepreneurs, Jake Kelfer! Jake had an unconven…

Zibby Owens is living the dream! In the book world, she’s an author, podcaster, and most recently a publisher and bookstore owner. She brings innovation and outside-the-box thinking to every bookish …

Rejection is probably our least favorite part of the writing life – but in this episode, we’re reframing rejections to talk about what we can learn, how to take care of ourselves, and how to stay mot…

When pitching and querying, we spend a lot of time waiting for an agent or publisher to say yes to us. But what if the road to that external yes isn’t just about having a killer idea, excellent writi…

This week we’re talking about one of the most underutilized tools in publishing: comp books! “Comp” can stand for competing, competitive, complementary, comparable, comparative – there are lots of na…

When you’re pitching a book proposal to a publisher, you’ll have to submit a writing sample. But what do acquisitions editors look for in that writing sample? The strength of your writing can make or…

Today we’re answering the question: How do you know if you have the right book idea? We’re joined by Kent Sanders, ghostwriter and author coach, to chat about why it’s so important to write the right…